Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
"A beautiful dream. Everywhsrs til.

uAoSV uel'Su'lut Ate, anu Tue eaSleSCs 0VoTy.
where the fools who sit about the tables, and
expect to win. Perhaps a time may come
when 1t will be no dream. but a necessity"
The count sighed and Dicks eyes kindled.
A div ne lie, with everything that can be
bought and always money at your fingers
ends. You NJ ghr be my pull. In six
months | would each you enough. Then
We would begin. You should b the young
Engli,hman o, eor,une on his travels. No
one suspects til ing Englishman Of for
tune. he is alway fool; he is always the
prev OF the profess, IL Would you like to
he that Young ] ;nsh.. "! He loses when
the STAKES are -, wins when the
stakes are high. -~ that suit youf'
The spider has many ian .shments. To
the fly he talks the language Of innocence.
OF fattery, Of dis interested friendship. and
Of love. But to brother spider he uses a
different kind Of talk.
"4f l could only get away he said. "As
for the city, I hate il! If l could only get
away!'
You may-you shall. Ny DEAF young
friend l will help YOU because you can help
me. That is tn founda ion Of every friend
ship. My Sc rets are yours, n yours are
mine for the future. We must trust each
other, because we eau be Of service to each
other. Hands upon it,"
Dic6 gave him his hand.
$50, said the count Now, my friend,
l have business. l will leave you here. |
shall return in two hours. You will stay
here" for the first time he assumed a tone Of
command. You will not leave this house
until my re,urn.' He put on his hat and lit
a cigarette. by tho way, have you got me
another checkT
NO" said Dick shortly.
Those first three checks-they wero all
right-on the squarel'
"Of course they were all right. Why
should they not be all rightT
"Good-very good. Your secrets are
mine, and mine are yours. Partners such
as we shall be have no secrets from each
other, have theyf'
He laughed pleasantly and vent away.
Dick. left alone, began to imagine that
life. His " had been so dull that be had
not the least idea what 1t would DO like.
But there would DO no city work, no Office,
no drudgery OF COPYING and Of making up
books. There would be change and excite.
ment in it.; there would be money in it, and
gambling ION the safe side) in it. Was the
coun serious7 Yet he had spent a great
deal Of trouble over him. He was not likely
to spend that time and trouble for nothing.
The chances of leading such a life depended
upon himself.
He seized the pack Of cards and began to
practice some of the passes and tricks which
The count had taught I'M. But he was
cited and nervous. The most that he dared
to hope that morning was safety for a time;
what was opened up for him now was moro
than safety for a time-it was rescue.
nlo o,,~ cath sl,A A. H--.I-
ing that very day. Well, he knew that the
checks were burned, with tho check book,
There can be no forgery unless tho docu-
men's are produced, and they were gone.
Oh. what a fortunate chance was this that
placed In hi> hands the very proofs Of his
own guilt! The checks We're burned. II his
father disco, cred the truth, he would do
notinng-no,hing at all. There would DO a
row; there would certainly be a row
Well, tho greatest row breaks no bones.
And no would, perhaps, DO turned into tho
streets. Worry we'll. Then, perhaps. the
count won d really do what no had prom
ised-berome his friend and partner. Be-
eau 9, you see, Dick had ns yet none Of that
Zen Q of honor which exists between BROTH
crs in iniquity. That had to DO created In
him.
He could do nothing with tho cards. He
threw them down and took up tho paper. 1t
was The lines, and on The second column
his eye fell upon tho following advertise
mint:
ath and tho 18th days OF June, respectively. there
were pres ,ntea and cashou at tho Roya, City and
Provincial Bank. Finsbury Circus branch. three
checks, each for twelve pounds, PAYABLE to SELF OF
bearer. and purporting to be signed by myself. thu
above named reward Will be paid to any person who
shall discover the man who presented them. lie
described as an elderly man. well dressed. speak
with a foreign accent, has short white hair and white
mustachr, without beard. and has lost tho fore
finger OF his right hand:
Gsigned) JOHN MURRrDGE,
"Finsbury Circus, Z. c."
Nj. Murridge, In short, was a practical man. The
case perplexoI and worried lin. He could .ee nc
wav out Of 1t. Norah took the checks; that was Ger
tain. She and her brother presented two Of them
that was certain. Why2 Aud who presented the
other three2
There cannot be many men In London with the
three distinctive characteristics Of age, q foreign no
cent, and the .Oss OF the fOrefiner on the right hand,
The man he wanted must be I'm cc0mplice In th. 4
robbery, or he must have received payment with
these checks. In the former case he might be dis
covered by some ono who would SEQ tho advertise.
mcnt; inthe latter he might himself come forward.
He was quite right; the advertisement produced the
man. 1t did more. There were. | think. nifty two
members Of the club. 1t was, therefore, remarkable
that. In tho course OF that day and the next. Mr.,
Murridge received forty SIX letters. oil from the i'm.
mediate ncighborhood OF 81. Pancras. Kings Croas
and tanden Town. and all Informing him that the
writer had 1t In his power to produce tho man I'D
vertised for on the receipt OF tho promised reward,
which might be sent by return post. Thirty. six OF
the writer's followed up the letters by q personal
cali; twenty SIX were abusive when they found that
they had to go away with nothiny-not even their
tempers, which they lost n the onicc-and ten went
away soRrowful. There would have been hftyone
letters: but, unfortunately, the remaining fve did
not see The Times
A simple Advertisement. Nothing more. Yet it
knocked down ut one stroke the whole Of Dicks
the advertisement appeared than remains Of an Ice
palace In the summer.
Dick knew that. The moment he road the ad-
vertisement he understood what would happen.
At two o'clock the count returned.
MY friend. DO said. graveiy, you havc done
wrong"
"You have not trusted me. A dozen times have ]
asked you II those checks were right"
"Well. they arc" he began.
"Have done with LEI" said the count, roughly.
'Understand, once and for all, that there are TO b
no more lies between US. You are TO tell mo tho
trut%h-always. Do you hear Else you 10 your
own way. Even this morning l gave you another
chance"
you ought to have shown me the paper"
you might have seen the paper"
"Have you been to my ia, her's7"
Il have. In any case l should have gone to him.
What! Am to be advertised for7 Am to 70 into
hiding2 Besides. his face broke into a sweet smile.
"there are our worthy friends. the members. DO
you think that. for hfteen pounds. these gentlemen
would not rush to denounco the man without the
forefnger2 Therefore ! anticipated them. why
notr'
Dick waited to know what happened.
"ItoOk cab. drove TO F.nsbury Circus. I sent
my card to your father. lie was not alone, but be
admitted me Immediately"
What did he sayY'
Nothing your father said nothing, from which l
augur the worst. For myself. as he might wish 10
hear from me further. l have given him my name
and my addrcss-nOt At this house."
"Ho knows that l gave you those cheeks. Did no
say nOthing3'
He said nothing. Whsa you go homo this e enins
he will. without doubt. have . great deal 10 say,
But TO me no said nothing .: all There Is more.
however. was not alone"
Who was thcrci'
"YouT father knows now that you gave two more
checks To be cashGd. There was another check half